noun, masculine/feminine/kʁuj/plural: crouilles
a Maghrebi; a North-African Arab
“À Amiens y a que des Noirs et des bougnoules, des crouilles t'y vas tu crois que t'en Afrique. Faut pas aller là-bas, c'est sûr que tu te fais dépouiller.” — In Amiens there's nothing but blacks, wogs and Maghrebis; you go and you think you're in Africa. You mustn't go there; you'll definitely get robbed.
Synonyms: bougnoule, bicot, raton, crouillat
From crouillat (which has the same meaning), from a Maghrebi Arabic word meaning "brother". Ultimately from Arabic أخ (ʔaḵ, literally “brother”).